Well I finally got my bulldog remote starter (RS1100) installed and so far so good. I was a little intimidated by all the wires dangling from the unit but after 5 minutes of reading I removed the ones i didn't need with a bobby pin to clean things up a bit, I used ~8 out of the 16 wires supplied. The only problem i had was getting the remote to connect to the unit, I knew i had things wired correctly b/c I could get the truck to start by jumping the purple wire to ground. Long story short after reading all of the instructions and googling for answers I broke down and called tech support. Surprisingly they called back within the hour and all i had to do was unhook the ignition #1 wire and touch it to a 12v source 5 times. Doing this resets the unit and I'm certain this is the proper way rather than cycling the ignition on and off 5 times within 4 seconds as the written instructions state (what a joke if you ask me). After resetting the unit I asked tech support why this wasn't in the written instructions they had no answer.
I must say the unit has good range ~400' tested so far. I ran the antenna up the inside of the dash. All wires were soldered in place and I purchased a wire stripper for the job. It took me a good afternoon to complete the job as i took out the drivers seat in order to lay on the floor.
Next up is the door locks but I'm going to wait till summer to complete this part. Plus I have an extra button on the remote to control anything such as roll up my windows, honk the horn,radio etc. So if anyone has any neat ideas for the extra button I'm open to suggestions.
I must say the unit has good range ~400' tested so far. I ran the antenna up the inside of the dash. All wires were soldered in place and I purchased a wire stripper for the job. It took me a good afternoon to complete the job as i took out the drivers seat in order to lay on the floor.
Next up is the door locks but I'm going to wait till summer to complete this part. Plus I have an extra button on the remote to control anything such as roll up my windows, honk the horn,radio etc. So if anyone has any neat ideas for the extra button I'm open to suggestions.